Pickle the Silkie

[Obsessed With Silkies]

Thanks! I am planning to get a black silkie hen in the future just for showing. Any suggestions on the color of my other silkie I am planning to get?

Ooooh, picking just one Silkie color is SO hard! Is that one going to be for showing too or just as a pet?

 

[Silkiesaz]

Ooooh, picking just one Silkie color is SO hard! Is that one going to be for showing too or just as a pet?

I am not sure yet. I need to decide color first then once they are fully mature I will pick the better looking of the pair to show.

 

[Obsessed With Silkies]

I am not sure yet. I need to decide color first then once they are fully mature I will pick the better looking of the pair to show.

I'd go with Buff and Blue. I have both and absolutely adore them! The blue one in the pic is lighter but the lighting was bad in that photo. And you can show both of these colors!

 

[Silkiesaz]

I'd go with Buff and Blue. I have both and absolutely adore them! The blue one in the pic is lighter but the lighting was bad in that photo. And you can show both of these colors!

Good idea, I was thinking about Buff but I never even thought of blue. Are those your silkies?

 

[Obsessed With Silkies]

Good idea, I was thinking about Buff but I never even thought of blue. Are those your silkies?

Yes they are!

 

[Obsessed With Silkies]

Here's my buff rooster Cheddar

 

[Silkiesaz]

Yes they are!

Wow! They are gorgeous!

 

[Silkiesaz]

Yes they are!

If you don't mind me asking, where did you get them?

 

[Obsessed With Silkies]

If you don't mind me asking, where did you get them?

Not at all! The buff hen I got from someone locally but no longer sells silkies. The other two I got them as hatching eggs from Alabama Silkies but my hatch rates were not that good at all both times so I would not recommend. The eggs were not fertile but I was doing the incubation method of adding water to it but I switched to dry hatching with my own eggs and it's amazing! I'm not sure if that was my problem or infertilization. You should check out my article on Silkie breeders. It's a list of Silkie breeders that are really great!

 

[Silkiesaz]

Not at all! The buff hen I got from someone locally but no longer sells silkies. The other two I got them as hatching eggs from Alabama Silkies but my hatch rates were not that good at all both times so I would not recommend. The eggs were not fertile but I was doing the incubation method of adding water to it but I switched to dry hatching with my own eggs and it's amazing! I'm not sure if that was my problem or infertilization. You should check out my article on Silkie breeders. It's a list of Silkie breeders that are really great!

Cool! I got Pickles from a local Hatchery. I am comparing other places before I get more silkies. I wasn't very happy with the quality of my silkies. I got 2 and they were supposed to be pullets. Ninja was a black pullet with ring of brown around her neck. And Pickles is who knows what color and a cockeral. One of his extra dewclaws on the back of his foot is deformed too. I will probably end up going back to that hatchery though because none of the ones near me sell silkies or they are out of stock.